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One way an oil rig's blowout preventer can failThere’s not much more to say other than blue marlin bill fish caught in oil rig blowout preventer. Several people have asked why we aren’t blogging about the oil spill. The simple answer is that the Deep Sea News crew has done such an awesome job there’s not much more for us to add. ~Southern Fried Scientist Please note: this is not taken from the well currently destroying the Gulf Coast. 5 comments to One way an oil rig’s blowout preventer can fail |
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Holy shit! What a whacked out Marlin! Great find.
Must have been seriously disoriented or maybe it was trying to sabotage the rig…
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Great video – but that’s a Swordfish, not a Blue Marlin.
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[...] Although it should be noted that Southern Fried Science has its own theory of how this all might have occurred. Perhaps it was a sabotage effort by marine life. Head over there for a must-see video from an oil rig ROV. [...]
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Kudos to the crew for attempting to save the marine life, though one would hope that future designs would address issues such as these. Also, this really highlights the limitation of animals that can’t move backwards (which, if you’re one of the fastest swimming animals in the world, probably might be a decent tradeoff)
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I have just one question!! Why is there no manual shut off rams on these underwater BOPs?? Every land rig, I worked on, in the williston basin, had two manual hand crank valves, for the final backup. Certainly, after watching the videos, a ram, could be designed, and with torque multipliers on the robots, and the bops, that could easily snip the pipe, and seal the well…I am truly mystified at this….anyone have any answers!!??
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